Sometimes life is all kinds of Fail. Yes, Fail, with a capitol ‘F’. Crafty projects – Lets make these cool gluey sun catchers… except our glue didn’t dry clear so they don’t as much catch the sun and shut it out completely. Baking – Not enough honey so lets just add a little more sugar […]
Life is Messy – Real Life Wednesday
My life is messy. I suspect everyone’s life is messy. But we never share the mess. We never proudly proclaim how untidy our life is in public. Magazines and TV shows never show houses where you can barely see the kitchen bench for all the stuff on it. Even my ‘Inspiration for our Home’ pinterest […]
Real Life Santa, Or Not.
A few weeks back my nine year old twins asked me straight out if Santa was real. I was very proud of my response. I remembered the text book advice and calmly said, ‘what do you think?” As I busily patted myself on the back for at least getting one big parenting moment right, I […]
Real Life Wednesday – Random Housework Questions
If I never cooked dinner again I would never have to clean up this mess again, right? If I painted all my skirting boards a browny grey colour, no one would see the dust on them, right? It’s ok to throw out the occasional pair of toddler toilet training undies, right? If it’s been at […]
Walking Home Alone.
“If you two don’t stop fighting I will stop this car and make you walk home.” I could not believe those words actually came out of my mouth. Was I insane? Had the bickering and screeching and scrapping and whining finally made me lose my mind? As soon as the words left my mouth I […]
One of Those Days.
You know it’s been one of those days when you find the open biscuit container next to the two year old and discover every single biscuit with a bite out of it. You know it’s been one of those days when you’re standing in a shop waiting to pay for an item and you sneeze […]
Are They All Yours? – When People Judge the Size of your Family.
I don’t go to the big shopping centres often any more, and even less often do I go with all four kids in tow. But it is school holidays and we are meeting Dad at the cinema so the big kids can go see Ice Age 4. It only takes us about five minutes to […]
Find Compassion for your Child.
He throws himself on the floor and cries. Perhaps his arm is broken, or I’ve just shoved bamboo wedges under his finger nails… or perhaps he is just being a pain in the bum, pushing my buttons, being a ‘terrible two year old’. His arm is definitely not broken, I don’t have any bamboo wedges […]